Here you can find all of Happy’s blog posts, covering our Excel hints and tips, ideas for creating happy workplaces, and ways to be more productive at work — and more.
Microsoft regularly unfurls new features and updates for Office 365’s assorted apps. So frequent are these updates that even regular users might not have had a chance to take advantage of the new additions just yet.
Henry Stewart speaks to the Eth Word about the key to making a profit — creating a happy workplace. "You can only deliver a great service by having people who feel happy, feel well rested, well nourished, feel motivated," he explains.
Henry Stewart speaks to the Eth Word about systems and processes within organisations. "I’ve been to [organisations] where you just sense a kind of difficulty doing stuff," Henry explains. "And you meet great people who are trying to do great stuff, but they have real problems doing it because the structure of the organisation gets in the way, rather than helping."
“We believe the time for freedom at work is now,” says Traci Fenton, Founder and CEO of WorldBlu. WorldBlu’s research shows that freedom-centered workplaces have healthier bottom-line growth and are more resilient. Henry spoke to Traci to learn more.
At Happy our aim is that staff find joy in at least 80% of their work. (And, yes, we do measure it.) So I was delighted to find that an NHS Trust, indeed the one our training centre is based within, has come to the same conclusion and sees Joy in Work as a key driver for improving quality.
In this fifteen-minute video, Sarah Metcalfe of Sure Petcare (formerly SureFlap) talks about how she has used the principles from the Happy Manifesto to give fantastic customer service, and has had zero turnover in the last seven years in the Customer Service department.
In this 20-minute video from the 2017 Happy Workplaces CEO Conference, Michelle talks about leading the charity through a period of growth and transformation. She highlights what she did to bring her staff team along on the journey with her, using the principles from the Happy Manifesto, and what the impact has been on both the people they work with and their bottom line.
“A person who never made a mistake, never tried anything new,” Einstein famously said. If you are an organisation that wants to encourage innovation, a ‘no blame’ culture is crucial.
At the 2017 Beyond Budgeting Conference, Henry Stewart talked about why you should make your people the main focus of management in your organisation, and gave examples for organisations who have achieved that.
At the 2017 Beyond Budgeting Conference, Mira Gvozdenovic talked about how Beyond Budgeting was implemented at Coloplast, and how this created impressive results across the business.